Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 2,057 residents, it is a town in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
La Longueville’s best grade is for cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools are its weak spot: brevet results 4.4 points below the expected rate. It also trails on health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 14% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (C): 59% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. La Longueville has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing La Longueville does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares La Longueville with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
La Longueville has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in La Longueville as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Enceinte médiévale, in Bavay, 3.1 mi away.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Longueville.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 3.1 mi away. Collège pupils travel 2.5 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean ZayNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 73 | 66%−9 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There is one general practitioner in La Longueville. Average lifespans in Nord: 84.5 years for women, 78.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. 177 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 156: 14% above.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Half the homes sold went for more than €1,579/m², below both Nord’s towns (€1,810/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Sales in La Longueville from July 2023 to June 2026: 57 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,579/m² | 57 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €26,110 a year per consumption unit, above Nord’s towns (€23,900) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment runs at 8.6%. La Longueville holds 700 jobs; 850 of its residents are in work, so 0.9 jobs each.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Over-65s are nearly a quarter of the population. People aged 15 to 24 make up just over a tenth of the town, near Nord’s towns (12%) and higher than compared French towns (11%). Line up the people of La Longueville by age and the one in the middle is 46.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| La Longueville | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Of the graded crimes in La Longueville, criminal damage came up most often (2025). Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 7 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 11.4. Its tally for 2025: 28 recorded offenses.
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (27.8% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage in and near La Longueville. Best known first.
Nothing in La Longueville is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in La Longueville yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
La Longueville has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade D−, better than 4% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so La Longueville grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
La Longueville is a commune of 2,057 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Mormal. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.